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Safe Dividend Investing

By: Ian Duncan MacDonald
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  • In 2000, I lost $300,000 in mutual funds that an investment advisor had put my lifesavings into.... I lost it because I had entrusted it to an industry that does not educate investors nor encourage them to look closely at what that industry is doing with their money..... I set out to find a better, safer way to invest..... My podcasts relate to what I learned in creating a generous, reliable income and in growing my wealth.... A few of the more important lessons I learned and explore are:.... (1) It is critical that you become a self-directed investor.....(2) If you can not easily measure the risk and potential in an investment, then do not invest in it. This excludes from your portfolio bundled investment devices, like mutual funds, ETFs and Index funds,..... (3) Financially strong companies who have paid “good dividends” for decades will continue to stay strong and continue to pay good dividends because it is both part of their "character" and in their executives selfish interest.....(4) Diversification is critical. Investing equally in the best 20 strong dividend stocks is the ideal.....A portfolio of 20 limits your risk in any one stock to 5% of your wealth..... No matter how strong you think a stock is, do not fall in love with it..... I have lived very well off my steady dividend income for 18 years, through two market crashes and one pandemic. I have watched my portfolio’s capital more than triple from where I started, despite taking out a generous dividend income every year to live on... In charts, for my second investment book,(Safer Better Dividend Investing), I spent months scoring all 628 dividend stocks paying dividends of 6% or greater traded on the TSX, NYSE and the NASDAQ. I discovered dozens of stocks that can provide not only a generous dividend income but outstanding capital growth.....Financial independence is realizable for careful, patient, dividend investors.
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Episodes
  • Podcast 169 - NO EXPENSE DISCIPLINE THEN NO FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE.

    Podcast 169 - NO EXPENSE DISCIPLINE THEN NO FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE.
    May 22 2024

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    Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast # 169 on May 23rd of 2024.
     Today, I will be answering 1 interesting investment question.

    QUESTION (1)

    WHY DOES ONTR0L OF EXPENSES HELPS ACHIEVE FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE?

    SIX INVESTMENT BOOKS, BY IAN DUNCAN MACDONALD, ARE AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON.COM KINDLE BOOKS, THE FOLLOWING ARE THE 2 LATEST:

    (1) CANADIAN HIGH DIVIDEND INVESTING -
    In this 325-page book, learn how to select, purchase and build a portfolio of 20 Canadian strong dividend stocks. Summary records of 215 stocks are sorted in multiple ways, and each stock's unique page provides detailed scoring data and 24 years of price and dividend trend data. Released September 23.

    (2) NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE'S 106 BEST HIGH DIVIDEND STOCKS -
    In this 334-page book, there is a 2-page report for each company scoring 11 data elements. It also lists 23 years of historical share price and dividend payouts so that investors can judge the stock's reliability. Released December 2022.

    A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS PODCAST IS AVAILABLE.

    FOR MORE INFORMATION ON Ian's 6 INVESTMENT BOOKS, 3 NOVELS, PAINTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND DIGITAL ART VISIT www.informus.ca

    Ian Duncan MacDonald
    Author, Artist, Commercial Risk Consultant,
    President of Informus Inc
    2 Vista Humber Drive
    Toronto, Ontario
    Canada, M9P 3R7
    Toronto Telephone - 416-245-4994
    New York Telephone - 929-800-2397
    imacd@informus.ca
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    20 mins
  • Podcast 168 - WHY FUNDS ARE NOT SAFER THAN CAREFULLY CHOSEN STOCKS

    Podcast 168 - WHY FUNDS ARE NOT SAFER THAN CAREFULLY CHOSEN STOCKS
    May 15 2024

    Send us a Text Message.

    Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast # 168 on May 16th of 2024.
     Today, I will be answering 1 interesting investment question.

    QUESTION (1)

    WHY DO INVESTMENT ADVISORS CHOOSE TO SELL YOU MUTUAL FUNDS INSTEAD OF INDIVIDUAL STOCKS?

    SIX INVESTMENT BOOKS, BY IAN DUNCAN MACDONALD, ARE AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON.COM KINDLE BOOKS, THE FOLLOWING ARE THE 2 LATEST:

    (1) CANADIAN HIGH DIVIDEND INVESTING -
    In this 325-page book, learn how to select, purchase and build a portfolio of 20 Canadian strong dividend stocks. Summary records of 215 stocks are sorted in multiple ways, and each stock's unique page provides detailed scoring data and 24 years of price and dividend trend data. Released September 23.

    (2) NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE'S 106 BEST HIGH DIVIDEND STOCKS -
    In this 334-page book, there is a 2-page report for each company scoring 11 data elements. It also lists 23 years of historical share price and dividend payouts so that investors can judge the stock's reliability. Released December 2022.

    A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS PODCAST IS AVAILABLE.

    FOR MORE INFORMATION ON Ian's 6 INVESTMENT BOOKS, 3 NOVELS, PAINTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND DIGITAL ART VISIT www.informus.ca

    Ian Duncan MacDonald
    Author, Artist, Commercial Risk Consultant,
    President of Informus Inc
    2 Vista Humber Drive
    Toronto, Ontario
    Canada, M9P 3R7
    Toronto Telephone - 416-245-4994
    New York Telephone - 929-800-2397
    imacd@informus.ca
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    24 mins
  • Podcast 167 - DO HIGH VOLUMES OF STOCKS TRADED INDICATE GREAT STRENGTH

    Podcast 167 - DO HIGH VOLUMES OF STOCKS TRADED INDICATE GREAT STRENGTH
    May 8 2024

    Send us a Text Message.

    Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast # 167 on May 9th of 2024.
     Today, I will be answering 1 interesting investment question.

    QUESTION (1)

    IS CHOOSING THE STOCKS WITH THE HIGHEST TRADING VOLUMES IMPORTANT?

    SIX INVESTMENT BOOKS, BY IAN DUNCAN MACDONALD, ARE AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON.COM KINDLE BOOKS, THE FOLLOWING ARE THE 2 LATEST:

    (1) CANADIAN HIGH DIVIDEND INVESTING -
    In this 325-page book, learn how to select, purchase and build a portfolio of 20 Canadian strong dividend stocks. Summary records of 215 stocks are sorted in multiple ways, and each stock's unique page provides detailed scoring data and 24 years of price and dividend trend data. Released September 23.

    (2) NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE'S 106 BEST HIGH DIVIDEND STOCKS -
    In this 334-page book, there is a 2-page report for each company scoring 11 data elements. It also lists 23 years of historical share price and dividend payouts so that investors can judge the stock's reliability. Released December 2022.

    A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS PODCAST IS AVAILABLE.

    FOR MORE INFORMATION ON Ian's 6 INVESTMENT BOOKS, 3 NOVELS, PAINTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND DIGITAL ART VISIT www.informus.ca

    Ian Duncan MacDonald
    Author, Artist, Commercial Risk Consultant,
    President of Informus Inc
    2 Vista Humber Drive
    Toronto, Ontario
    Canada, M9P 3R7
    Toronto Telephone - 416-245-4994
    New York Telephone - 929-800-2397
    imacd@informus.ca
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    21 mins
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